Rodolfo De La Garza

Focus areas: Immigration, immigrant incorporation of Latino political behavior

Professor Rodolfo de la Garza specializes in immigration, Latino political behavior, and public policy. He directs the Project on Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race and is vice-president of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute at the University of Southern California. Professor de la Garza has worked on the design of programs to increase immigrant access to health services in California and evaluated the state-sponsored naturalization campaign in Texas. He has also chaired seminars on Latinos and foreign policy with emphasis on increasing Hispanic involvement in international affairs.

Publications:

• Beyond the Barrio, Latinos in the 2004 Elections. University of Notre Dame Press, 2010.
• The Future of the Voting Rights Act, co-edited with David L. Epstein, Richard H. Pildes, and Sharyn O’Halloran. Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2006.
• Sending Money Home: Hispanic Remittances and Community Development, co-edited with Briant Lindsay Lowell. Rowman and Littlefield, 2002.
• Latinos and U.S. Foreign Policy: Lobbying for the Homeland?, co-edited with Harry P. Pachon. Rowman and Littlefield, 2000.
• Awash in the Mainstream: Latinos and the 1996 Elections, with Louis DeSipio. Westview Press, 1998.
• Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy, with Louis DeSipio. Westview Press, 1998.
• Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U. S. Relations, co-edited with Jesœs Velasco. Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.
• At the Crossroads: Mexican and U. S. Immigration Policy, coeditor. Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.
• Ethnic Ironies: Latinos and the 1992 Elections, with Louis DeSipio. Westview Press, 1996.
• Latino Voices: Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban Perspectives on American Politics, with Louis DiSipio, Westview Press 1992.
• Barrio Ballots: Latinos and the 1990 Elections, with Louis DeSipio and Martha Menchaca. Westview Press, 1994.
• The Chicano Political Experience, with F. Chris Garcia. Duxbury Press, 1977.
• Numerous articles in professional journals including the American Journal of Political Science, Latin American Research Review, Social Science, Quarterly International Migration Review.

Education

• PhD, University of Arizona

Affiliations

• American Political Science Association, vice-president
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Committee on the Status of Latinos in the Profession, American Political Science Association, 1993
• Western Political Science Association, executive council
• National Association of Chicano Studies, founding member
• Inter-University Program for Latino Research, founding member
• Inter-University Program for Latino Research/Social Science Research Council Joint Committee on Hispanic Policy Research, director
• Council on Foreign Relations, member

Honors & Awards

• Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs, University of Texas, 1980-2001
• Visiting Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1991-1992
• Distinguished teaching recognition, Colorado College, 1980
• Distinguished teaching recognition, University of Texas, 1988
• 100 Most Influential Hispanics, Hispanic Magazine, 1998, 2002

Professor Rodolfo de la Garza , an expert on immigration and Latino political behavior, has been appointed to the American Latino Scholars Expert Panel of the National Park System Advisory Board. The...